Title
Submicrometer Top-Gate Self-Aligned a-IGZO TFTs by Substrate Conformal Imprint Lithography
Author
Ram, M.S.
de Kort, L.
de Riet, J.
Verbeek, R.
Bel, T.
Gelinck, G.
Kronemeijer, A.J.
Publication year
2019
Abstract
Thin-film transistors (TFTs) are the fundamental building blocks of today's display industry. To achieve higher drive currents and device density, it is essential to scale down the channel lengths of TFTs. To be able to fabricate short-channel TFTs in large volumes is also equally important in order to realize lower fabrication costs and higher throughput. In this paper, we demonstrate the application of substrate conformal imprint lithography (SCIL) to pattern top-gate (TG) self-aligned (SA) amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide TFTs down to channel length L G = 450 nm with good device scaling properties resulting in average field-effect mobility (? FE ) = ? 10 cm 2 ·V -1 ·s -1 , V ON = ? 0.5 V, and subthreshold swing (SS) = ? 0.3 V/decade. The device performance as a function of channel length outlines the importance of dopant diffusion control for realizing submicrometer SA TFTs. The results demonstrate the compatibility of SCIL-based large-area patterning for the realization of submicrometer TG SA TFTs with a potential for high throughput. © 2019 IEEE.
Subject
Amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide (a-IGZO)
Amorphous films
Amorphous semiconductors
Field effect transistors
Gallium compounds
II-VI semiconductors
Lithography
Nanoimprint lithography
Semiconducting indium compounds
Thin film circuits
Thin films
Zinc oxide
Amorphous indium gallium zinc oxides (a igzo)
Imprint lithography
Nano-imprint
Self-aligned
Thin film transistors
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TNO identifier
866265
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISSN
1893-83
Source
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66 (4), 1778-1782
Article number
8653974
Document type
article